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PHOENIX

a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period

The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.

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painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
smudgeto make a smudge on
violatebreak
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